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Artisan Cheese with Adam Moskowitz, founder of the Cheesemonger Invitational - 019
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
09/01/16 • 87 min
Adam Moskowitz is the wunderkind President of Larkin Cold Storage and Columbia Cheese, and he founded the Cheesemonger Invitational, an in-demand twice-a-year event that is considered the Olympics of cheese skills, an celebrates what are to cheese what sommeliers are to wine. The profits from the CMI, which Adam hosts as his alter-ego, "Mr. Moo," go towards The Barnyard Collective, an organization devoted to food education. Adam was responsible for the introduction of Challerhocker cheese to the U.S., just as his father was responsible for the introduction of cave-aged Gruyere to the U.S. But Adam bought out his own father's business long after Adam had pursued other entrepreneurial and artistic endeavors, and, in a decade Adam has grown various multi-million dollar revenue streams by focusing on "small ponds," "big trees," and "not chasing butterflies." He has been featured in the cover story of Cheese Connoisseur Magazine and has appeared as a judge and expert on the Food Network.
Notes from the show:
"New York's Prince of Cheese" - Politico
His grandfather was one of the first importers of cheese in New York. His father started up Larkin Cold Storage. Adam took over 10 years ago.
Adam considers himself a cheerleader.
Adam has always been entrepreneurial; in college, he launched a valet company, and sold pot.
In his early 20s, Adam worked for Yahoo, and earned a lot of money.
Adam used his earnings from Yahoo to launch his rap career as The Beat Poet.
His father saw an entrepreneur, even more than an artist, when he saw Adam at CBGB.
Adam worked at Essex Food Market to develop skills.
"Cheese is the perfect food."
He loves connecting to the land, to the animals, to families.
"I made a conscious decision early on to make choices that would lead me not to have regret."
He has 5x earnings in 10 years.
He loves helping people: artisans, cheesemongers, connect supply chain, employees.
"All life experiences are cumulative."
"I'm not going to regret that decision. I am simply going to make another decision."
Still uses pen and paper for inventory.
The conundrum of the perfectionist.
Adam fires toxic customers.
The Importance of Being Dirty: Lessons from Mike Rowe
The Complete Counselor webinar on work-life balance: uncrossable lines.
"Food is the great equalizer. Food has no social class. A great piece of meat tastes the same--amazing--whether you're rich or poor."
Life's Too Short for Miller Lite
"I'm a mission-driven entrepreneur."
Flavor: taste, aroma, trigeminal stimulation.
He owns Larkin Cold Storage, Columbia Cheese, and the Cheesemonger Invitational.
Becoming a father reset Adam's notions of success.
Kids don't follow the entrepreneur's playbook.
"The return is giving."
On the horizon: curriculum and lexicon, empowering people with words.
Adam is interested in content creation.
Latest favorite cheese: Wrangeback from Sweden.
Favorite bubbly: Cremant du Jura.
Beer: Fat Tire Amber Ale
Meats: Olympia Provisions, Herb Eckhouse Prosciutto, Smoking Goose
Olympia Provisions is an example of an excellent product being more important than its name.
"Let go of your food fear."
Michael Prywes is Managing Attorney of Prywes, PC. For more information, visit www.NewYorkStartUpAttorneys.com
Acting with Naomi Grossman, 'Pepper' from "American Horror Story" - 003
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
01/21/16 • 91 min
Naomi Grossman is best known for her portrayal of the fan-favorite, “Pepper” on FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum. Previously, Naomi wrote, produced, and starred in her second hit solo show, Carnival Knowledge: Love, Lust, and other Human Oddities, which enjoyed a twice-extended, sold-out run and rave reviews (“Recommended” by LA Weekly). It was then reprised at the world-famous fringe theatre festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, where it received more critical praise (4 stars: The Scotsman, Broadway Baby, Fringe Review) and a transfer to London’s West End (Leicester Square Theatre). It later went on to have a successful run Off-Off Broadway. Naomi’s first solo show, Girl in Argentine Landscape, also received critical acclaim (LA Weekly, “Pick of the Week”) and earned her an LA Weekly Theatre Award nomination for best solo performance. Naomi toured with Girl to Chicago's Single File Festival, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, the New York International Fringe Festival, and screened a subtitled video-version on the big screen in Argentina. A former member of the esteemed Groundlings Sunday Company, as well as alumna of Improv Olympic, Naomi has written, produced, and starred in numerous comedic shorts under her “Red Meat Entertainment” banner, which have screened at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the TriMedia Film Festival, the Connecticut Film Festival, the Dam Short Film Festival, the Faux Film Festival, the Los Angeles Comedy Festival, the Wet Your Pants Comedy Film Festival, the Action On Film International Festival, and the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. Naomi also made a cameo in the feature film,Table for Three. A graduate of theatre from Northwestern University, Naomi has acted in several of Chicago’s illustrious, long-running, cult comedies:Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack and Shannen Doherty Shoots a Porno at the Torso Theatre, as well as Attack of the Killer B’s and White Trash Wedding and a Funeral at the Factory Theatre.
Notes from the show:
Naomi started acting and comedy with KidSkits in Denver
Started LA quest for acting success by reading Backstage West.
Los Angeles is not a theatre town.
She recommends going to Paley Center for Media, watch solo shows by John Leguizamo, Eric Bogosian, Lily Tomlin, Spalding Gray.
Here are Naomi's book recommendations:
The Luck Factor - Dr. Richard Wiseman
Ask and It Is Given - Esther and Jerry Hicks
You Are a Badass - Jen Sincero
There's No Business Like Soul Business - Derek Rydall
Failing Forward - John C. Maxwell
A Year in Van Nuys - Sandra Tsing LohRecommendation from Michael Prywes:Essentialism - Greg McKeown
A-ha moment: "I'm not acting. I'm a professional mailer. If these people won't cast me, I'll cast myself."
Naomi's biggest mistakes: "Waiting for success to come to me. And not getting jobs that used my brain."
How Naomi plans her day: "LISTS!"
Naomi shares a treasure trove of information, advice, and emotional experiences. She talks about her darkest days, and the time she realized she "arrived." She also gives a comprehensive rundown of her special visiting artist lecture at Northwestern University, twenty years after Ethan Hawke's memorable lecture.
This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm d...
Freedom Hacking with Kimra Luna of Be True, Brand You - 006
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
02/11/16 • 55 min
Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist. She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online.
As a leading authority on the use of Facebook ads and webinar-based training as both list and brand building tools, she took her business from zero to over $880k in sales and cultivated an email list of over 14,000 subscribers from 50 countries around the world during her first year in business.
Kimra is the creator of Be True, Brand You, her signature online program which has hundreds of students enrolled. Her Facebook group, The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind has over 20,000 members and is widely regarded as one of the most interactive, generous and supportive groups for entrepreneurs online.
Kimra has been featured on websites including Forbes, BusinessInsider, Farnoosh.TV, Chris Ducker.com, Female Entrepreneur Association.com and has been a speaker at Nathalie Lussier’s Off The Charts Live.
You can find Kimra on YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and of course Facebook where she consistently provides advice and guidance to her group The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind.
Notes from the show:
Freedom hacking is seeking a freedom-based lifestyle through technological advances; freedom is the ability to make your own hours, choose your own clients, etc.
Even though Kimra seems to be an overnight success, she spent 8 years growing online mom's groups and health and wellness groups before exploding with Freedom Hacker's Mastermind.
Facebook is not like email or other social media--no need for email blasts. Instead, people appreciate that you spend time and give value without feeling overwhelmed by information.
"In Defense of Facebook" and "The Gift of Gratitude"
She got her start in concert booking and led a music industry life until the economy collapse in 2008.
She spent the four years prior to her "million dollar year" on welfare.
Social media, especially Facebook, saved her life.
"People want to buy from people, not a logo."
She started her business by messaging potential clients how they would prefer to learn. Their answer? Webinars.
Be True, Brand You is a comprehensive program; it is not "niched down."
In the age of trolling and mommy/daddy wars, entrepreneurship allows for unconventional parenting.
"Dumb-Ass Stuff We Need to Stop Saying to Dads"
Her superpowers include teaching and being intuitive about people who are givers and people who are takers.
Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income and Ask Pat podcasts
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Arts Criticism with Gene Seymour (CNN.com, USA Today, Newsday) - 009
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
03/03/16 • 84 min
Gene Seymour is an arts critic and culture reporter who writes frequently for CNN and USA Today. In New York, he was a longtime film and jazz critic at Newsday. His writings have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly, the Washington Post, and many other publications. Gene is a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Jazz and is the author of Jazz: The Great American Art, a history for young adults. Gene is a two-time winner of the New York Association of Black Journalists Award for distinguished criticism.
Notes from the show:
Gene started out as a reporter, and approaches criticism from a reporter's perspective.
Got his big break when Nels Elson passed along opportunity to cover the Philadelphia Jazz Festival.
Gene's years as a television critic were among his happiest as a journalist because he got to cover tv, politics, and culture.
Gene's came to Newsday as a New York City jazz critic, but later provided movie criticism.
Gene was raised in a Hartford CT household which always had jazz records playing: Miles Davis, Ahmed Jamal, Dave Brubek, Chet Baker, Charlie Parker.
His Dad's motto: "If it doesn't have soul, it isn't worth it."
His Dad loved Paul Desmond's "Time After Time" and Sonny Stitts's "Who Can I Turn To?"- these songs became emotional touchstones.
Music critics range from composer Virgil Thompson to George Bernard Shaw.
It is not Gene's role to explain on behalf of a musician, but to write on behalf of the spectator.
The art of note-taking during a live performance vs. a movie.
Lena Horne vs. the cell phone.
First Book of Jazz - Langston Hughes
"Jazz is the 20th century."
"Have We Reached the End of Jazz Itself?" - The Nation
Flying Lotus, Kendrick LaMarr, and the future of jazz.
Groundhog Day, The Big Lebowski, and giving movies a second look.
Critics' controversy over Wes Anderson.
John Leonard's disdain for All in the Family.
Better Living Through Criticism - A.O. Scott
Recommended Blogs:
- James Wolcott - Vanity Fair
- Christgau's Consumer Guide to Rock Music
- Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
- Self-Styled Siren
- Sunset Gun
- RogerEbert.com
The Psychology of What Makes a Great Story - Brain Pickings
This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs.
This podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Being a Renaissance Man with Doctor and Inventor Arnie Prywes, MD - 014
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
06/23/16 • 64 min
My Dad Arnold Prywes is a true Renaissance Man. By trade, he is a physician and an inventor, but he is also an entrepreneur, a sculptor, a photographer, an architect, and a terrific father. He has been Chief of the Glaucoma Service at the Northwell Department of Ophthalmology since 1981. An Associate Clinical Professor at the Northwell-Hofstra and NYU School of Medicine, he is currently President of the New York State Ophthalmological Society and has served as President of the Long Island Ophthalmological Society, Nassau County Medical Society and Nassau Academy of Medicine. My Dad is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Fellow and past Councilor of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has also been listed in the Castle-Connolly Guide to Top Doctors for well over a decade. He has been involved in clinical care, teaching and research as founding partner of Glaucoma Consultants of Long Island and Eye Care Associates. He also holds multiple patents, one of which () is completing FDA clinical trials and is being used in Europe and Canada.
My Dad has enjoyed art (photography, ceramics, sculpture, architecture) as an avocation throughout his medical career. His more recent work has been inspired by his mentor of more than 25 years, the museum sculptor Rhoda Sherbell. His work has been exhibited at Allied Artists of America and Audubon Artists of America at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. He was also an All-City lineman for the Stuyvesant High School football team, because why not?
Non-Fiction Books with John Temple ("American Pain") and Hollee Schwartz Temple ("Good Enough is the New Perfect") - 007
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
02/18/16 • 71 min
John Temple teaches reporting and writing courses at West Virginia University. His specialty area is narrative nonfiction writing.
His new book 2016 Edgar Award nominee “American Pain” chronicles how two young felons built the largest painkiller distribution ring in the United States. The book, published by Rowman & Littlefield, also explores the massive rise in the use and abuse of narcotic painkillers over the past two decades.
Temple is the author of two previous nonfiction books: “The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates” (2009) and “Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner’s Office” (2005). In 2010, “The Last Lawyer” won the Scribes Book Award from the American Society of Legal Writers. More information about Temple’s books can be found at www.johntemplebooks.com.
Prior to teaching at WVU, Temple taught and studied creative nonfiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned an M.F.A. Temple worked in the newspaper business for six years. He was the health/education reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a general assignment reporter for the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., and a government and politics reporter for the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Fla.
Hollee Schwartz Temple is a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-professor at West Virginia University College of Law. She is the co-author of Harlequin's "Good Enough is the New Perfect" and the textbook "West Virginia Legal Research."
After graduating at the top of her class with a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree from Northwestern, Hollee headed to Duke University School of Law. She graduated in 1999 and began a four-year stint as a litigation associate at a large Pittsburgh law firm. After her first son was born in 2002, Hollee returned to her firm part-time before joining the WVU faculty the next year.
An active scholar and speaker, Hollee has been published in newspapers (including the Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Michigan City News-Dispatch), national law reviews and legal writing publications. She has conducted seminars on generational issues and projecting professionalism in writing for large law firms.
John and Hollee have also been small business owners since 2013, when they opened the Morgantown, West Virginia's party destination beauty salon known as "The Beauty Bar."
Notes from the show:
John takes 6 months to a year to put together a book proposal. Hollee's proposal on her first book took 3-4 months. A book proposal contains sample chapters, outline, and Hollee's included a national survey she and her co-author Beck conducted.
Mentioned: The New Times article "Pain and Gain", David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and the eponymous television show.
Warner Brothers bought the rights to "American Pain," to be adapted for the screen by Melisa Wallack.
"Figuring out who you want to talk to and who is at the center of your story and how to find them is a large portion of the process."
"There's a human compulsion to tell your story."
"You can ask anybody almost anything as long as the think you really want to know [the answer]."
Mentioned: "Dreamland" - Sam Quinones
"It's a daily struggle [to balance work and home life]. And only one of us could be working on a book at one time."
The Beauty Bar draws on a theme from Hollee's book that women deserve to feel beautiful....
DJing with Anthony Gelo (DJ Good Times of NYC) - 012
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
03/31/16 • 64 min
Anthony Gelo is one of the hardest working DJs in New York. Anthony was born and raised in Queens, New York and has been in the DJ Entertainment business since 1994. He has performed at events ranging from Wedding Receptions, Corporate Events, Private Parties, School & Nightlife Events to working the crowd in Times Square during Fleet Week. He is a graduate of St. John’s University, where he still regularly works the crowds with expert beat matching and a vast collection of music. Anthony’s company is Good Times Productions, LLC.
Notes from the show:
Anthony got his start working in a video store, and got the opportunity to DJ his boss's teen dance party. It was a disaster. But he was hooked on DJing.
He bought entire record collections from garage sales.
He doesn't consider himself a specialist.
"When I'm playing to a crowd, I'm playing for them, not myself."
His Monday routine: download music from DJ services such as Promo Only Track Trends and Prime Cuts, and organize.
Anthony doesn't like to emcee a lot; he prefers the music to do the talking.
He switched to Serato Scratch Live (Serato DJ) in 2004.
Experience trumps a great music collection.
He thought he was going to have a career in radio.
To this day, Anthony is still very protective of his personal brand; he still considers himself "single op."
His advice to young DJs: get an all-in-one controller, learn basic beat matching, learn different types of music, how to deal with clients, how NOT to make the work about you.
Most of Anthony's clients come from referrals and online reviews.
A Yankee fan from Queens.
The difference between Brooklyn/Manhattan weddings and Long Island weddings.
What it felt like to work Times Square during Fleet Week.
How he stays healthy and builds routines.
Recommended books:
- Book Yourself Solid - Michael Port
- Guerrilla Marketing - Jay Conrad Levinson
- The Best Wedding Reception... Ever! - Peter Merry
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Bill Brewster
Recommended conference: DJ Times Expo
Recommended social media: Facebook
This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes, PC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs.
This podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Artisan Liquors with Nick Pelis, Founder of Citizen Spirits (Maker of Denizen Rum) - 008
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
02/25/16 • 85 min
Nick Pelis has worked for some of the most recognizable distilled spirits industry brands and distributors in the U.S., including Diageo, Moët Hennessy, William Grant & Sons and SKYY Spirits. He founded Citizen Spirits with its flagship artisan rum, Denizen. Denizen's first product was a white rum that blended flavors from Trinidad and Jamaica, and it hit the ground running, earning praise from Forbes, iVillage, and the Beverage Testing Institute. Rum is the second-largest spirits category in the U.S., but Denizen got noticed in a hurry, with 90+ ratings and a number of awards. The Cocktail Enthusiast raved that "Denizen is a game changer for white rums." Denizen introduced its amber 8 Year Aged Merchant's Reserve in 2014, a blend of flavors from Jamaica and Martinique. Denizen's Merchant's Reserve has been praised for capturing the essence of Trader Vic Bergeron's legendary Mai Tai rum.
Nick lives in New York, but has seen distribution for Denizen explode beyond New York all over the US. Recently, Time Out Seattle and the Rum Collective celebrated the arrival of Denizen rum in Washington State.
Notes from the show:
Nick's father, as a sales manager for a high-end Greek food importing company, gave him the opportunity to see how things operate in a business, and Nick saw firsthand how people got excited to receive products.
"If you're going to be successful, you have to deliver something different."
"You need to value other people's feedback."
Nick noticed early on that there was a void in distilled spirits products connecting emotionally with consumer.
Rum was a category that was "a mess."
Nick saw a big opportunity in the "tweener" market - post-college graduates still trying to find themselves.
The concept of a denizen matched Nick's goal of creating a brand around the "liberated spirit."
Nick's first goal was to create a brand that transcends the category.
Nick spent a considerable amount of money developing the brand before developing the product.
Pricing was a barrier to entry; white rums over $20 don't sell.
Offering in-store tasting mitigated risk to retailers.
"On premise"--in bars, restaurants, etc.--cost per ounce matters more.
Nick ended up at Diageo after his boss at DC Comics moved to Diageo.
Nick got an MBA in marketing, because he already had a background in finance, strategy, and operations.
"Very few big companies give people the opportunity to get outside of their comfort zone."
Very few people deliver on promises, especially if you can't offer something of value immediately.
Denizen was not Nick's first entrepreneurial endeavor: he decide to pivot from an online liquor delivery service after 6 months.
Owning a house and renting it out provided greater financial flexibility.
"You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Put your own money in."
A SWOT analysis is everything.
A marketing plan is not just based on messaging.
It was a mistake to hire a PR firm.
Email info[at]citizenspirits.com - Nick takes the time to get back in touch with you.
This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs.
This podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Charity with Brad Broder, Kenya Education Fund - 022
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
11/24/16 • 91 min
Bradley Broder is the founder and Executive Director of the Kenya Education Fund.
Bradley founded Kenya Education Fund as a means of supporting the children he befriended while serving in the US Peace Corps for two years (Kenya 1999-2001). Bradley has over 17 years experience working with Kenya and speaks fluent Kiswahili. His deep, personal connection with Kenya and knowledge of international development issues has led Bradley to focus KEF focus on keeping Kenyans in school to develop the country’s human capital and reduce dependency on foreign aid. Brad holds a BA in Spanish from SUNY Stony Brook and an MA in Political Science from Western Washington University. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.
The story of KEF weaves together the rich histories of three organizations, the Kenya Education Fund (est. 2006), the Nomadic Kenyan Children’s Educational Fund (NKCEF, est. 2001) and the Children of Kibera Foundation (est. 2007).
KEF has over 20 years of collective experience working to promote education in Kenya.
KEF was started by former Peace Corps Volunteer, Bradley Broder and local community leader, Dominic Muasya, to keep kids in high school when their means did not allow.
NKCEF was formed after a group of families from McLean, Virginia accompanied their children’s high school teacher, Hon. Joseph Lekuton, on a trip to his nomadic homeland in Northern Kenya where many of the children were not in school. NKCEF combined with KEF in 2011.
Children of Kibera Foundation was founded by Honorable Ken Okoth (Kibra) and provided hundreds of educational scholarships to primary, secondary and university students from Kibera –Africa’s largest slum. CoKF decided to join hands with KEF in 2013.
Notes from the show:
Brad founded the KEF in 2006.
The KEF gives scholarship to Kenyan high schools; you can sponsor a child for just $750 a year.
He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Loitoktok, Kenya from 1999-2001.
He was in Namibia when the towers came down.
When he returned to Kenya 3 years later, so many people had died from AIDS.
The KEF started with asking friends and family for money to send one girl and then five kids to school.
About Schmidt (2002), starring Jack Nicholson.
The KEF has helped thousands of kids get an education.
"The ask is sort of an art... asking is a sales pitch.
Barack Obama: "Fired up, ready to go" video
Salesforce.com gives 10 free licenses to non-profits
The Art of the Ask - Connie Phieff
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
Essentialism - Greg McKeown
Composing with Emmy Award Winner Jim Dooley - 002
How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break
01/14/16 • 72 min
Jim Dooley is an Emmy Award-winning composer/songwriter with a diverse repertoire spanning the film, television, video gaming and live theatrical industries. He has earned accolades for his solo work as well as proud collaborations with many of the top names in music.
Jim is a graduate of New York University, and upon completion of his degree, moved to Los Angeles to study the art of film composing at USC with prolific scoring legends Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman. He joined Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) in 1999 and collaborated with Hans Zimmer on DreamWorks’ “Gladiator” and as an additional composer, arranger and orchestrator on Columbia Pictures’ “The Da Vinci Code,” Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” DreamWorks’ “The Ring,” and many others. Two projects featuring Jim’s music were also honored with Oscar nominations.
In Television, Jim has written original music for shows on NBC, ABC, FX, CW, and Lifetime and his music on the critically acclaimed series, “Pushing Daisies,” won him the Primetime Emmy Award for “Best Original Music Composition for a Series.”
In film, Jim composed has composed for many live action films, and animated films such as “Madagascar,” “Madagascar 2,” and the Penguins of “Madagascar.” the Oscar-winning “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” and “Operation Got Your 6” featuring First Lady Michelle Obama.
Jim’s expertise in other mediums can be found in the complex, interactive scores for best-selling videogame titles such as “Epic Mickey,” “Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes,” “Infamous” and “SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals,” “U.S. Navy Seals: Combined Assault.”
Jim is currently scoring TNT’s hit drama “The Last Ship” with collaborator James Levine. He recently emerged into the Sports industry with his theme for the 2015 Senior PGA Championship, heard on both NBC and the Golf Channel.
Some topics we discussed:
Jim's introduction to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
The percussion of Danny Elfman's "Nasty Habits"
Patelson's Music Store in Manhattan
The New York Times article "Cultivating the Art of Serendipity"
Ordering music from (and finally releasing through) Varese Sarabande Records
The joy of handwritten takedowns
"You don't take as much ownership if you don't figure it out yourself."
Playing a tragic Gladiator theme at Hans Zimmer's birthday party
How an expert swinging a golf club correctly is more difficult than an expert playing a concerto
Ideas from Oliver Sacks's "Musicophilia"
J.K. Rowling's commencement speech at Harvard about the importance of failure
This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs.
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